Research › Search › Judgment

Allahabad High Court · body

2025 DAILYLAW 82277 (ALL)

RAVI PANDEY v. STATE OF U.P. AND ANOTHER

NA528/28928/2025 · 2025-08-07

Sanjay Kumar Pachori

body2025

Judgment text

Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:134636 Court No. - 74 Case :- APPLICATION U/S 528 BNSS No. - 28928 of 2025 Applicant :- Ravi Pandey Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Hardev Singh,Ramesh Chandra Agrahari Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Sanjay Kumar Pachori,J. Sri Hardev Singh, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri V.K. Mishra, learned brief holder for the State are present. The present application under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita has been filed to quash the order dated 26.3.2025 passed by Principal Judge Family Court, Chandauli, in Execution (Maintenance) Case No. 216 of 2024 (Arpita Pandey vs. Ravi Pandey), arising out of an application under Section 128 of Cr.P.C., whereby non-bailable warrant has been issued against the applicant through S.P. for recovery of arrears of maintenance. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the impugned order 26.3.2025 has been passed without considering the facts and circumstances and position of law as law laid down by the Supreme Court in Rajnesh Vs. Neha & Anr. (2021) 2 SCC 324, wherein it has been directed that the enforcement/execution of orders of maintenance, may be enforced under Section 28A of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956; Section 20(6) of the D.V. Act; and Section 128 of Cr.P.C., as may be applicable. The order of maintenance may be enforced as a money decree of a civil court as per the provisions of the C.P.C., more particularly Sections 51, 55, 58, 60 read with Order XXI of C.P.C. It is further submitted that the impugned orders have been passed to enforce the recovery of arrears of maintenance by issuing recovery warrant and non-bailable warrant against the applicant without following the procedure as provided in the Civil Procedure Code for executing the money decree. The matter is related to settled position of law. There is no other point for consideration except issuing recovery warrant as well as non-bailable warrants to recover the arrears of maintenance, due to this reason, the opportunity to call the counter affidavit from the opposite party no. 2 is dispensed with. In view of the above facts and circumstances, the application is allowed and the order dated 26.3.2025, are hereby quashed. It is made clear that the court concerned may proceed to enforce or recover the arrears of maintenance amount as money decree of a civil court as per provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, as per law laid down by the Supreme Court in Rajnesh (Supra). Order Date :- 8.8.2025 A.P. Pandey Digitally signed by :- ANAND PRAKASH PANDEY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad